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EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Abuse

The Electronic Frontier Foundation released a report over the weekend detailing an alarming amount of violations from FBI intelligence investigations between 2001 and 2008. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI released 2,500 documents detailing violations made to the Intelligence Oversight board. The documents highlight nearly 800 specific violations stemming from FBI monitoring of American citizens, resident aliens and non-residents alike.

According to the report, violations include “submitting false or inaccurate declarations to courts, using improper evidence to obtain federal grand jury subpoenas and accessing password protected documents without a warrant.” Of those violations, “over 1/3rd involved rules governing internal oversight of intelligence investigations, 1/3rd involved abuse, misuse or careless use of the Bureau’s National Security Letter authority and almost one fifth involved a violation of the Constitution or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.” The EFF report states that could be just the tip of the iceberg, noting that tens of thousands of intelligence abuse violations could have occurred.

intelligence abuse is sort of the whole reason the FBI exists,
it was founded on abuse of power, can you imagine what J. edgar hoover would have done if they had anything like the internet and the patriot act during his reign of terror?

Hadrian999

intelligence abuse is sort of the whole reason the FBI exists,
it was founded on abuse of power, can you imagine what J. edgar hoover would have done if they had anything like the internet and the patriot act during his reign of terror?